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I’ve been a Chrome user for quite a while and before that, Firefox for a long time. I decided to make the move almost 2 years ago, right after extensions were introduced. The main reasons to do so were the start time (cold and warm), which by that time were blazing fast on Chrome compared to the slow Firefox and the cool new Chrome start page. So far I’ve been happy with Chrome besides a few problems with it’s extension capabilities, but the recent launch of Firefox 7 made me question my decision. The new Firefox is as fast, if not faster than Chrome on start time and apparently consumes significantly less resources. That, combined with more powerful extensions is a recipe for a great browser.

Now the requirements. What is really important to me is, besides the speed and footprint, are a few particular extensions. Good support to Google Bookmarks, Evernote, Read it Later, a Session Manager, AdBlock, a bulk media downloader and a Twitter client.

So far I came to the following analysis:

Chrome

Firefox

Google Bookmarks

Partially. YAGBE works but it’s not great.

Yes, thru GMarks

Evernote

Yes, thru official extension

Yes, thru official extension

Read it Later

Yes

Yes

Session Manager

Yes

Yes

AdBlock

Yes

Yes

Media Downloader

No. Apparently this is a Chrome API limitation

Yes, thru DownThem All or Download Helper

Twitter Client

Yes, TweetDeck app

No. Could not find a web app at the same level as TweetDeck.

Nice Start Page

Yes.

Yes, thru myfav.es.

So what is your opinion? Have any extension suggestions? Firefox or Chrome?